Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wallmoden, Countess of Yarmouth (1 April 1704–19 October 1765) was a mistress of George II of Great Britain. is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events Building of the Students Monument in Aiud, Romania. ... is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... George II (George Augustus; 10 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and Archtreasurer and Prince-Elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death. ...

Early life

Born Amalie Sophie Marianne von Wendt, she was the daughter of Johann Franz Dietrich von Wendt, a general in the Hanoverian army, and his wife, Friderike Charlotte née von dem Bussche. Her grandmother Maria was probably the first mistress of George I in the 1670s, and her father's correspondence with Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany, the king's brother, has been interpreted as evidence of a homosexual relationship. In 1727, Amalie married Gottlieb Adam von Wallmoden (d. 1752), Oberhauptmann (county administrator) of Calenberg in Hanover. Hanover (German: , IPA: ), on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... George I (George Louis; 28 May 1660 – 11 June 1727)[1] was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland, from 1 August 1714 until his death. ... Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany KG (7 September 1674, Osnabruck –14 August 1728, Osnabruck) was the youngest son of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Sophia of the Palatinate and a younger brother of George I of Great Britain. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... Brunswick-Lüneburg was an historical state within the Holy Roman Empire. ...

Royal affair

In 1735, Amalie met George II on one of his visits to Hanover, and they began a love affair. According to Lord Hervey, the king sent a detailed account of the progress of the relationship to Queen Caroline. Reports of Amalie alarmed the queen, who believed a royal mistress could threaten her influence over her husband. Robert Walpole was also concerned due to the belief that Amalie would cause the king to remain in Hanover and reduce the effectiveness of the British government. During the king's stay in Hanover, Amalie gave birth to Johann Ludwig, Graf von Wallmoden-Gimborn (22 April 1736-10 October 1811), who was believed to be the king's but was not acknowledged as such. John Hervey, Baron Hervey (October 13, 1696 - August 5, 1743), English statesman and writer, was the eldest son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, by his second marriage. ... Caroline of Ansbach (later Queen Caroline; Wilhelmina Charlotte Caroline; 1 March 1683 – 20 November 1737) was the queen consort of George II. // Margravine Caroline of Brandenburg-Ansbach was born on 1 March 1683, at Ansbach in Germany, the daughter of Johann Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach and his second wife... Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745) was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. ... is the 112th day of the year (113th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years). ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Arrival in Britain

Following the queen's death in 1737, Walpole was convinced that only Amalie could maintain the king's health and Walpole probably preferred a Hanoverian mistress than a British one, who might influence the king against his ministers. The king's relationship with the Countess of Deloraine ceased and Amalie came to London with the king in 1738 and the affair became public knowledge. Rumours spread that she was a Catholic and also that the king hung a portrait of her opposite the foot of his bed. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ...

Amalie moved into apartments at St James's Palace and Kensington Palace and was accompanied by her husband, but with the king requiring her to act as the king's hostess at court. She was naturalised in February 1740, created Countess of Yarmouth for life a month later and was divorced from her husband later that year and awarded a pension of £4000 from Irish revenues. Main entrance of St Jamess Palace, London St Jamess Palace is one of Londons oldest and most historic palaces. ... The south facade of the main block of Kensington Palace, seen through Jean Tijous wrought iron gates. ... GBP may be: short for Game Boy Player the ISO currency code for the British Pound Sterling. ...

Politics

For the first few years as royal mistress, Lady Yarmouth stayed out of politics but was relied upon by ministers to introduce the king to ideas that he might have resisted. However, she did take a role in the creation of peerages and was alleged to have been allocated the fees for the creations of 1741. Her influence made her a more effective political mistress than her predecessor, the Countess of Suffolk. For other uses, see Peerage (disambiguation). ... Henrietta Howard (1688 - July 26, 1767), was a mistress of King George II of Great Britain. ...

In the 1740s, the Earl of Chesterfield thought he could strengthen his position in Henry Pelham's cabinet via Lady Yarmouth, but Lady Yarmouth was unimpressed and did not intercede, and he was eased out office in 1748. She was more supportive of the Duke of Newcastle and when he sought to have the Duke of Bedford removed as a Secretary of State in 1750, she helped persuade the king that the latter was a liability to the administration and Bedford resigned a year later. Her alliance with Newcastle has been credited with persuading the king to remain faithful to the Pitt–Newcastle ministry formed in 1757, despite the king's hared of Pitt. Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (22 September 1694 – 24 March 1773) was a British statesman and man of letters. ... The Right Honourable Henry Pelham (25 September 1694–6 March 1754) was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 27 August 1743 to his death about ten years later. ... Arms of Thomas Pelham-Holles Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme (July 21, 1693 – November 17, 1768) was a British Whig statesman, whose official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century. ... John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford (1710-1771), second son of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford, by his wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of John Howland of Streatham, Surrey, was born on 30 September 1710. ... In several countries, Secretary of State is a senior government position. ... William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham PC (15 November 1708 – 11 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who achieved his greatest fame as Secretary of State during the Seven Years War (aka French and Indian War) and who was later Prime Minister of Great Britain. ...

During the political turmoil of the 1750s, Lady Yarmouth's influence was useful even to members of the royal family. After the Duke of Cumberland had capitulated to the French at Klosterzeven in 1757, he asked Lady Yarmouth to inform the king of his intention to resign his offices. She was credited by Horace Walpole with persuading the king to support a 'jubilee masquerade in the Venetian manner' at Ranelagh Gardens as part of the celebrations of the end of the War of the Austrian Succession in 1749, but was generally content with the sombre routine of the widowed king's court. The Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, KG, PC (15 April 1721–31 October 1765), a younger son of King George II of Great Britain and Queen Caroline, was a noted military leader. ... Zeven is a town in the district of Rotenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, more commonly known as Horace Walpole, (September 24, 1717 – March 2, 1797), was a politician, writer and forerunner of the Gothic revival. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,251 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... An 18th century print showing the exterior of the Rotunda at Ranelagh Gardens and part of the grounds. ... Combatants Prussia Spain France Electorate of Bavaria Kingdom of Naples Austria Great Britain Dutch Republic Electorate of Saxony Sardinia Russian Empire Commanders Frederick II Leopold I Leopold II Maurice de Saxe François-Marie de Broglie Charles VII Ludwig Khevenhüller Charles Alexander George II Charles Emmanuel III Empress Maria...

Final years

On the death of the king in 1760, she was left £10,000 by him and remained in Britain at first and spent the summer of 1761 with the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle. She later returned to Hanover where she died of breast cancer in 1765. Breast cancer is cancer of breast tissue. ...

Reference

• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography